CNBC Claims Major Apple Leaks

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3G iPhone and ultra-portable lappy expected in 2008.

By Gerry Block

Yesterday, CNBC television's Jim Goldman went on air to announce some big news on Apple's plans for new hardware in 2008. According to Goldman's sources within Apple's manufacturing facilities, Apple will announce at least two long expected new products at Macworld this coming January.

According to Goldman, a second edition, 3G enabled iPhone with larger storage capacity will launch in late May or early June 2008, earlier than most other pundits' speculation has suggested. More exciting was Goldman's claims that Apple is already manufacturing a new sub-notebook ultraportable that will make a big debut at Macworld. According to his sources, the upcoming ultraportable will be 50% thinner than existing MacBook Pros and will abandon platter-HDDs in favor of NAND flash memory storage. Goldman stated that the product will use a 12-inch display, but previous supply chain leaks contradict him, leading most to believe the ultraportable Mac will in fact use a 13.3-inch display.

Regardless of screen size, an ultraportable Mac is a product most fans have long yearned for. Impressively, Apple is, according to Goldman, aiming to make the ultraportable decently affordable via a base price of roughly $1,500.